Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for City of Greater Shepparton's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in City of Greater Shepparton depends on a number of factors:
- The availability and take-up of part-time work;
- The industry sector in which they work;
- The occupation level and requirement or opportunity to work overtime, and;
- The age structure and household structure of the working population.
Hours worked statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Age structure Occupations, and Income to provide more insight into the observations made.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
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Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Resident workers hours worked | |||||||||
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| City of Greater Shepparton - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Victoria% | Number | % | Victoria% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 1,102 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 1,173 | 4.4 | 3.9 | -71 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 3,141 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 3,000 | 11.3 | 11.4 | +141 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 2,550 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2,477 | 9.3 | 9.7 | +73 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 3,293 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 2,939 | 11.0 | 10.1 | +354 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 5,124 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 4,583 | 17.2 | 17.6 | +541 | ||
| 40 hours | 4,895 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 5,001 | 18.8 | 19.5 | -106 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 2,514 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 2,764 | 10.4 | 10.2 | -250 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 3,741 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 4,080 | 15.3 | 15.2 | -339 | ||
| Not stated | 610 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 629 | 2.4 | 2.2 | -19 | ||
| Total Persons | 26,970 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 26,646 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +324 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions) Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the City of Greater Shepparton's resident workers in 2016 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of people who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion of people worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 37.4% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 60.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 37.0% and 61.1% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Greater Shepparton and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked None (4.1% compared to 3.3%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 16 hours - 24 hours (9.5% compared to 10.5%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (12.2% compared to 11.2%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (18.1% compared to 19.5%)
Emerging groups
The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the City of Greater Shepparton decreased by 154 people (-0.9%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Greater Shepparton between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+541 persons)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+354 persons)
- 49 hours or more (-339 persons)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-250 persons)